6.8% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
5116, SA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 5116, SA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge 71% of working residents in postcode 5116 drive themselves to work. This is a car-dependent area where very few people work from home compared to the rest of the country. While public transport options are relatively available, they are rarely used for the daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 39% of homes have one car, while 35% have two. Only 6.8% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and is about the same as the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →5116, SA splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 5.9% doing so. Public transport use for commuting is also low at 2.2%, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011.
5.9% ▲ +147.8%
Lower than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▼ -30.2%
Higher than 70% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 51 public transport stops and 14 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 194.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure.
51
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.75
Higher than 62% of postcode areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
194.2
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
14
Higher than 79% of postcode areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 36 minutes to drive to the city, which is around the middle for similar areas. Residents typically walk about 7 minutes to reach their nearest public transport stop.
7
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
36
Lower than 53% of postcode areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 5116, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5116/5116-sa/topic/transport